TSS Great Southern (1902)

TSS Great Southern was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1902.[1]

History
Name: 1902-1934: TSS Great Southern
Operator: 1902-1934: Great Western Railway
Port of registry:
Builder: Laird Brothers, Birkenhead
Yard number: 650
Launched: 1902
Out of service: 1934
Fate: Scrapped by John Cashmore, Newport, Monmouthshire
General characteristics

History

She was built by Laird Brothers in Birkenhead for the Great Western Railway as a twin-screw steamer for the Irish Sea ferry service between Milford Haven and Waterford.[2] She was a sister ship to TSS Great Western.

In 1910 she ran aground on shingle at Parkswood, Waterford River during a fog.[3] She ran aground again in the same river in 1929.[4]

Later in her career she operated occasionally from Weymouth on the Channel Islands service.

In 1934 she was sold for scrapping by John Cashmore of Newport, Monmouthshire.

References
  1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. "G.W.R Half-Yearly Report". Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. Bath. 14 August 1902. Retrieved 10 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "G.W.R Steamer Aground". Gloucestershire Echo. Gloucester. 1 February 1910. Retrieved 10 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Ashore in a Fog". Gloucestershire Echo. Gloucester. 9 February 1929. Retrieved 10 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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